"What kind of confidence does it take for Cronenberg to say, 'Yeah, I want to be in the 10th installment of the 'Friday the 13th' franchise'?" screenwriter Todd Farmer said.
Julia Ducournau's erotic psychological thriller "Titane" won the Palme d'Or, while David Cronenberg's 1996 sex-fueled "Crash" was awarded a Special Jury prize amid controversy.
The "Crimes of the Future" director is still interested in making a streaming series, but says the industry is too focused on "movie making, not filmmaking."